National Politics

DeSantis: Florida Didn't Initially Have Probable Cause to Arrest Harjinder Singh When undocumented truck driver Harjinder Singh killed three Floridians in a traffic accident, highway troopers didn't immediately arrest him because they didn't have probable...READ MORE   Gov. Ron DeSantis: "Today, I was proud to announce significant progress on two critical infrastructure projects in the Tampa […]

Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) wrote to President Donald Trump, urging action against the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) due to its role in trafficking Cuban doctors. As Rep. Gimenez explained, PAHO is enabling the travel of Cuban medical professionals under the island dictatorship's Mais Medicos program to foreign countries such as Brazil, in conditions that the United […]

Representative Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) warned Colombian President Gustavo Petro that he could be charged as an accomplice of the Cartel de los Soles in recent posts to X (formerly Twitter). For additional context, Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro's second-in-command, Diosdado Cabello, recently announced the deployment of troops along Venezuela's border with Colombia, supposedly to defend the […]

Trump Signs Executive Order Banning Flag Burning, Includes One-Year in Jail President Donald Trump has signed an executive order to prosecute individuals who burn the American flag. The order, which includes a one-year prison sentence for an offense, defies decades...READ MORE   Gov. Ron DeSantis: "Today, I had the honor of accepting the James V. Day […]

Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins (R-FL) discussed the arrest of Harjinder Singh, an illegal alien truck driver, in a recent appearance on Fox News while further blasting California, where Singh obtained his commercial driver's license, as a "blue state idiocracy." Host Martha MacCallum began noting that another illegal alien driver had recently been arrested, asking […]

Representative Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL) has written to State Secretary Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, demanding an investigation into South Florida companies that are potentially evading sanctions placed on Cuba. For instance, many of these companies offer "tourism packages," "logistics," car sales, and door-to-door shipping, despite the United States prohibiting tourism to Cuba. […]

Senators Rick Scott (R-FL) and Katie Britt (R-AL) wrote a recent letter to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick demanding action to counter illegal Chinese fishing. As Sen. Scott explained, China's illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing is highly unethical on multiple fronts. For instance, ships' crews are "notorious for their gross human rights abuses, including […]

Joe Gruters Unanimously Elected Chair of Republican National Committee State Sen. Joe Gruters was unanimously elected chairman of the Republican National Committee during the GOP's summer meeting in Atlanta on Friday. Sen. Gruters, a Trump ally, will take...READ MORE     FL Sen. Keith Truenow: "A good friend, a tremendous public servant, and an exceptional leader. […]

Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) is endorsing Representative Chip Roy (R-TX) in his run for Texas Attorney General in a post to X (formerly Twitter). Rep. Roy announced his campaign in a press release earlier Thursday afternoon, saying, "It has been my honor to represent the 21st Congressional District of Texas – the best part of […]

Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) is announcing that a new passport application office is being built in Orlando after years of demanding a second location in Florida. As we covered last May, Rep. Frost described how the Miami Passport Agency in Miami is the sole passport application office in the entire state, putting it too far […]

Florida Congressman Greg Steube (R) unveiled a bill that will give tax incentives to independent media platforms not owned by “the big four” to boost their market share. Rep. Steube’s Independent Programmers Tax Incentive Act will “give [independent programmers] a tax incentive to give them the ability financially to do the things they need to […]

'We're Done With That S—t': Jay Collins Blasts Gavin Newsom Over Undocumented Truck Driver Florida Lieutenant Governor Jay Collins ripped California for failing to crack down on illegal immigration, blaming Gov. Gavin Newsom's policies for an undocumented truck driver killing three...READ MORE   Rep. Byron Donalds: "In college, I worked at @CrackerBarrel in Tallahassee. I even […]

Representative Maxwell Frost (D-FL) has reintroduced his bipartisan Safe Air on Airplanes Act, which phases out "bleed air" systems from commercial aircraft. Rep. Frost first introduced the bill last May after one of his constituents, a flight attendant named Shannon DeWitt, was a victim of a fume event while serving on an airplane. As we […]

A coalition of Senate and House Democrats is pushing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for more information regarding the uses of the controversial Everglades Detention Facility, also known as ‘Alligator Alcatraz.’ Florida Representative Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D) and Oregon Senator Jeff Merkley (D) spearheaded a letter to the heads of DHS, Immigration and Customs […]

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) has announced that he and Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier will collaborate on an effort to correct the 2020 U.S. Census potentially awarding Florida additional seats in the House of Representatives. Gov. DeSantis released a statement claiming that the previous Biden Administration was aware that Florida’s 2020 Census data was […]

DeSantis Sends LG Collins to California to 'Extradite' St. Lucie Truck Driver to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is sending Florida's new Lieutenant Governor to California to "take possession" of the undocumented truck driver who killed three people in a traffic incident, he announced...READ MORE     Casey DeSantis:  State Attorney Suzy Lopez is proving that accountability […]

Representative Byron Donalds (R-FL) discussed the CHIPS Act in a recent appearance on Fox Business's Kudlow, calling it a "terrible piece of legislation" and arguing that deregulation is a better means of getting companies to invest in the United States. Rep. Donalds's remarks respond to Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick's recent proposal that the federal government […]

Representative Vern Buchanan (R-FL) is introducing legislation to crack down on tax fraud and apply artificial intelligence (AI) to assist in the effort. Named the Digital Evaluation for Tax Enforcement and Compliance Tracking Act (DETECT) Act, Rep. Buchanan's bill, which he introduced with Representative David Schweikert (R-AZ), authorizes the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to consider the […]